Type-writing machine



(No Model.)

L. E. BAKER.

TYPE WRITING MAGHINE.

No. 445,152. Patented Jan. 27,1891.

PATENT OFFICE LOUIS EUGENE BAKER, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

TYPE-WRITING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 445,152, dated January27, 1891.

Application filed June 25, 1890. Serial No. 356,746. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LOUIS EUGENE BAKER, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city and county of San Francisco, in the State ofCalifornia, have invented a new and useful Improvement inType-Vriting-Maehines, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to enable a person, when operating atype-writer and desiring to move the carriage for spacing letters orwords, to do so quicker and more accurately and with better control ofthe movement of the carriage than is at present possible.

My invention is more particularly adapted to that class of type-writerscommonly known as the Remington; but it is applicable to any style oftype-writer possessing a similarly-arranged carriage and spacing-rack. Iattain this object by means of the mechanism illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a top plan of the carriageand spacing-rack frame. Fig. 2 is a view of the left-hand end of thecarriage, showing my invention.

Si milar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

A is a metal rod of suitable length and shape, and which is hung in thebearings C C, which bearings are attached by means of rivets orotherwise to the left-hand end of the carriageframe 1. One end of therod A is turned up and terminates with a suitable finger-piece, as shownat I), and the other end of the rod is turned under the carriageframe ata suitable angle, and is so adjusted that the point of therod rests ontop of the rod B at the point marked H in Fig. l.

B is another metal rod of suitable length and shape, one end of which isattached to the spacing-rack frame E by means of a nut, as shown, or byany other suitable method, and the other end of which rests under thepoint of the rod A, as shown at II in Fig. 1. The rod 13 is curved, asshown at M in Fig. 2, so that it is clear of the top of the carriagerodL.

O G are bearings supporting the rod A, which are attached to thecarriage-frame I.

D is the finger-piece, previously described.

E is the spacing-rack frame.

F is the spacing-rack.

G are the spacing-dogs.

I is the carriage-frame.

J is the large paper-roller.

K is the feed-roller.

L is the carriage-rod on which the carriage is moved.

The spacingraek F has teeth on its lower side, which, in conjunctionwith the spacingdogs G, serve to hold the carriage at any de siredpoint.

\Vhen the finger-piece D is sufficiently depressed by means of the thumbor finger, the end of the rod A at the point marked H in Fig. 1depresses the point of the rod B at that place, and this action causesthe spacing-rack F, which is attached to the spacingrack frame E, to belifted up and off the spacing-dogs G, and the carriage is then free andcan be moved on the carriage-rod L to either the right or left side ofthe machine.

The spacing-rack frame E is so hung or hinged on the carriage-rod L asto permit the movement just described.

I do not limit myself to the exact form of the invention shown in theaccompanying drawings, as the adjustment of the rods A and B withrespect to each other may be somewhat different; or the end of the rod Aterminating with the finger-piece D may be placed somewhat forward orbackward of the point shown in the drawings. or it may be turned upinside of the carriage-frame near the point shown in Fig. 1.

Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a type-writing machine, the combination of the sliding carriage, thetilting rack at the rear thereof provided with an arm, a leverindependent of the line-feed lever, pivoted to the carriage andconnecting with said arm and extending to or near the front of thecarriage, and a finger-key for operating said lever, all substantiallyas herein set forth.

LOUIS EUGENE BAKER.

Witnesses:

E. E. AMES, DAVID POWER.

